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Fall Fun and Art Exposure this Weekend in New Canaan

Hey New Canaan, Friday arrives with a sunny 67 degrees, but clouds move in Saturday and drop temperatures to 65. On Sunday, it's mostly sunny, but temperatures keep dropping to 61, according to Weather.com.

The 44th Annual Fall Fair comes to the New Canaan Nature Center Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Nature Center's Fall Fair offers activities for kids and adults of all ages, including: pony rides, hay maze, games and crafts, live music, Old Faithful rides, a pie-eating contest, bungee jump, zip line, apple sling shots, and pumpkin decorating! New this year (weather permitting) - human hamster balls!

Check out the 3rd Annual Stoddard Art Lecture at the New Canaan Library Sunday at 5 p.m. Metropolitan Museum of Art curator of the Byzantine collection, Helen C. Evans, is the guest lecturer for the event.

In Greenwich, Family Art Appreciation Day comes to the Bruce Museum. A program designed for families and children to foster appreciation and understanding of art related to current Bruce Museum exhibitions and based on the Learning to Look® curriculum developed by Diane W. Darst and Sue Ann Massey Williamson. On Sunday, the program will focus on the Bruce Museum exhibition Closer: The Graphic Art of Chuck Close. The lessons will be led by a Learning to Look Instructor beginning at 1:15 pm, repeated at 2:15 pm, and will focus on portraiture. There will be printmaking activities in the Education Workshop. All activities are free with museum admission.

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